An Evening With LUSH York
To celebrate the re-opening of LUSH York after their recent renovations, myself and other local bloggers were very kindly invited to see the new store for ourselves. We all had …
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Yorkshire Women Of Achievement Awards 2017
It was an absolute honour to attend Sue Ryder’s Yorkshire Women of Achievement Awards this year, in recognition of my social enterprise Spoonie Survival Kits. After being nominated initially by …
Book(ish) Box Review: Musical Theatre Edition!
For a while now, I’ve been searching for the ultimate subscription box. I’m not so much into beauty or fashion, and I knew exactly what I wanted: books. ALL the …
Oh, hey…?
Oh hey! I’m Pippa, I’m 22 years old and I live in York. My life currently revolves around attempting to study for my Masters degree in Health Psychology, running my …
![Something you might not know is that the name of my blog, Life Of Pippa, comes from anecdotes from my friends. Ever since my health declined I’ve found myself in a worrying number of bizarre life situations that it often seems only I could end up in… and these became affectionately christened by my nearest and dearest as ‘Life Of Pippa’ moments.
I’m the first one to joke about the tricky situations I seem to find myself in, but the truth of the matter is that when disability is a big part of your life, you’re much more likely to encounter troublesome situations just from going about your day. Whether it’s physical barriers, unsafe environments, or stigma from the people around us, the unfortunate reality is that disabled people run an increased risk of encountering dangerous circumstances.
What these situations might look like will varies between people, but today on the blog I wanted to share five of my own tips for being prepared for disability-related emergencies… based on my own lived experiences of the joys of chronic illness. Link’s in my bio!
It feels all the more relevant to share this one today, given that Janice the power-chair’s battery has decided it’s had enough of existing and completely died on me. The replacement battery is coming tomorrow and my goodness, that thing wasn’t cheap. This had better mark the end of the spontaneous wheelchair malfunctions in public place but quite frankly I’m not holding my breath 💆🏻♀️😅
How do you prepare for disability-related emergencies? Would love to hear any of your own tips and tricks!
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